When I first mentioned that Fridays were going to be reserved for letters, Laura mentioned Helene Hanff's epistolary classic right off. She reminded me how much I love this collection. And, so, I pulled the volume off the shelf and aimed for a re-read. If you're reading these
Dany Laferrière's The Return (2009) Translated by David Homel Douglas & McIntyre, 2011 David Homel says that he has translated Dany Laferrière's work so often now that he knows how he ticks, knows his schtick, knows his voice so well that he has avoided translating anyone else for awhile. Perhaps that's
On the Books On the fourth day of My Twelve Days of Challenges, I'm chatting about the most bookish challenge of my reading year: The Bibliophilic Challenge. Yup, I'm a Litlover. But you know that already, don't you? Still, this kind required six books on books be read. Here's my list:
Erin Blakemore's The Heroine's Bookshelf HarperCollins, 2010 Have a favourite book that you tend to revisit when times get tough? Or maybe at just any ol' time that you find yourself missing the characters therein? Perhaps you have a fondness for Jane Eyre, or you can't help but re-read Little Women over
Carlos Maria Dominguez’s The House of Paper (2004) Trans. from the Spanish, Nick Caistor Illus. Peter Sis Harcourt, 2005 My first thought when it came to trying to describe this small, slim volume was that it was like Anne Fadiman's Ex Libris mixed with Bohumil Hrabal's Too Loud a Solitude. But that's not
